In December 1997 the company was acquired by Compuware, when it became NuMega Labs of Compuware.[2] Less than a year after its move to Merrimack, the development lab was effectively shut down on 11 June 2007.[3] In June 2009, Compuware sold the former NuMega products, the intellectual property and the remaining staff to a UK-based firm named Micro Focus.[4]